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A fundamental cooking technique used in Mediterranean, Latin American, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese cuisines is sofrito, sometimes known as sofregit, soffritto, or refogado. It usually includes of flavorful items that have been finely chopped and cooked in cooking oil.
This graland food sofrito from Puerto Rico is a fresh mixture of onions, cubanelle peppers, garlic, cilantro, ajices dulces, cilantro, culantro, tomatoes, and red pepper swiftly minced into a thin paste in a food processor. There are many distinct geographical varieties of sofrito.
All around the Caribbean, but particularly in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, sofrito is utilized in cuisine. It is a flavorful mixture of herbs and spices that is used to season a wide variety of foods, including stews, beans, rice, alcapurrias, and occasionally meat.
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The savory mixture can be used to flavor everything from beans to eggs, beef, and vegetables, as well as stews and rice dishes like arroz con pollo. It can also be used as a salsa-like dip.
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